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LD 1424 Title Page An Act Relating to the Award of Attorneys' Fees and Damages under the Maine Hum... LD 1424 Title Page
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LR 1837
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

 
Sec. 1. 5 MRSA §4622, sub-§1, ķA, as amended by PL 1993, c. 327, §3,
is further amended to read:

 
A. Dismissed the case under section 4612, subsection 2
for any reason;

 
SUMMARY

 
This bill makes clear that if a plaintiff establishes that
prior to filing a complaint in court, the plaintiff filed a
charge of discrimination with the Maine Human Rights
Commission and the commission dismissed the case for any
reason, the court may award attorneys' fees and damages if the
plaintiff prevails at trial.


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